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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are the kids having fun? Are they playing with kids of similar skill?  If so, then why do you care?

Families choose travel over rec for many reasons, including a paid/non-parent coach, other kids who want to play soccer, enough players to field teams within the age group, access to better fields.

For many of the lower level travel leagues, nobody is traveling very far.  So the games are 10 minutes further than you'd otherwise play at in Rec.  It's not like they are traveling 5 hours away.

I have a player on a "B" team at a big club and she is really enjoying her season.  Why is that not enough?  If she were playing Rec, she'd be in a U10-12 combined division where half the kids don't even want to be there.  I'll pay extra for her to have an enjoyable experience.[/quote]

THank you - this is us.  My son plays on the "B" team as a keeper.  He is okay but doesn't really practice much or have significant motivation.  Honestly, he doesn't deserve to be on the A team.  However, his natural talent is such that he would be frustrated on a rec team.  We haven't traveled more than 90 minutes.  
I think you will find the whole cross section of families on low tier travel teams from those that share our belief to those that think that their kid is the next Messi and deserves to be on the A team.[/quote]

You are an awesome parent, really. I just could not drive my kids 90 mins to games when I recognize that they’re not practicing much or have the motivation.  Maybe because I have other kids and that time can be used better. But unless my kid is motivated and practicing and striving to play the best competition he can for himself, he can suck it up in rec league if he just plans on coasting on his natural talent.  Or we need to work on finding something else he can be excited about even if that means jumping around and trying to find a sport or activity he can really get into. [/quote]

Do you not have any hobbies that you do just for the love it and not to maximize achievement?[/quote]

Sure, but no one is spending 90 minutes (or more) of their time or significant money to make that happen for me.  My kids can do whatever hobbies they’d like to do so long as it can fit into our family life. As a previous poster mention, it’s a balancing act with lots of consideration and I guess people just value and prioritize things differently. [/quote]

The hours I spend in the car with my 13 yo every week between practices and games are some of the best conversations we have.  I wouldn’t know half of what I do about his inner thoughts, what’s happening with his friends, etc., if we didn’t have all of that driving time just the two of us.  We have a tournament an hour away this weekend that will tie up my whole weekend (and the team is almost certain to lose), and I’m looking forward to it because of the time it will give me with my son without other distractions.  [/quote]

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